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U.S.S. CONSTITUTION [at dock] – Vintage Print

U.S.S. CONSTITUTION [at dock], c1933 July 24. — historic photograph
U.S.S. CONSTITUTION [at dock], c1933 July 24.. Historic photograph from the Boston National Historic Park collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: U.S.S. CONSTITUTION [at dock], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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U.S.S. CONSTITUTION [at dock]

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Docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, the frigate *Constitution* was already nearly 140 years old when this photograph was taken around July 1933. Launched in 1797 at a North End shipyard, the ship earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812, when its hull shrugged off enemy cannon fire. By the 1830s it faced scrapping until Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem rallied public support to save it. The Depression-era photograph reflects that enduring public affection, and the ship's continued presence in Boston is a reminder of its role as a national symbol.

Created / publishedc1933 July 24.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsJ13700 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Turner. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--Constitution--1933; Photog. I.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,850 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151314

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